Best Of TV Awards Announcements and results

The 2015 Best Of TV Awards Winner for Best Talk Show Host is Ellen DeGeneres.

There is a reason that Ellen Degeneres is generally called the Queen of Daytime Talk. This makes 4 straight wins for Ellen.

In 2nd for the 3rd straight time was Jimmy Fallon. In 3rd for his 2nd time (2012) was Conan O'Brien in his 5th straight finals. Last years newcomer to the finals John Oliver rose from 8th up to 4th this year. Stephen Colbert in his 4th straight finals finished 5th. In 6th was also in his 4th straight finals, now retired Jon Stewart.

The 2015 Best Of TV Awards are about to start the Finals soon. The 6th annual BOTVA's are still closing out some polls for the run off round before we advance to the finals. We've already shattered the previous record for votes in the first round combined. With over 487,000 votes. The 2015 BOTVA's all time record of 575,000 votes in a year.

The Semi-Final rounds for Best Talk Show Host, Writing & Stunts categories took place a couple weeks ago. Here are the complete results (BOLD nominees have qualified for the Finals)

The Best Talk Show Host category again looks like it will be dominated by Ellen Degeneres.. The only winner of this award in the 3 years of its existence seems poised to take it again. The two time runner up Jimmy Fallon finds himself finishing 2nd again to Ellen in this round. Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert and Conan O'Brien all make the finals for a fourth time, along with John Oliver in his 2nd finals. Last years field had 8 finalists, this year only 6. Former 2X finalists David Letterman and Jimmy Kimmel both missed the finals with Kimmel not even making the semi-finals.

The Best Writing Category has most of the same shows that made the inagural awards final round last year. Only Orange Is The New Black and the currently inactive Sherlock did not make it back to this years finals. A few new shows to the finals made the finals this year. Person of Interest and Agents Of SHIELD were strong contenders, both finishing in the top 4 in the semi-finals.

Another pack of four newcomers to the finals followed not too much furtner behind, The 100, Once Upon A Time, Agent Carter & Daredevil all made the finals as well. Last years winner, Arrow, is back in the finals as the vote leader in the semi-finals, after a modest 5th place showing in the opening round. In a rare feat, Arrow actually increased its vote total from round 1 where there was no limit to voting, to round 2 where there was a 1 per voting restriction. the two opening round voting goliaths, hannibal & Person of Interest had somewhat different round 2 successes. While both qualified for the finals, POI managed to stick around in 2nd, while Hannibal fell back to 10th. last years runner up, Lost Girl also qualified, but barely, sneaking in down at 11th.

The Best Stunts Category also won by Arrow last year looks poised for a possible repeat performance this year. Much like the writing category, almost everyone from last year is back. Only Supernatural didnt make it back to the finals this year, being replaced by newcomer Daredevil. The difference between last year & this year seems to be who the contenders to Arrows title might be. Last years runner ups Lost Girl and the eliminated Supernatural dropped considerably this year, while two also rans in the finals last year Person Of Interest and The Flash find themselves going into the finals as the contenders.

The Final round of the 2015 Best Of TV Awards will be under way with some categories soon. Each voting round will last 3 to 6 days..

Voting, and a complete list of nominees in all categories can be found HERE

2014 Best Of TV Awards Winner Best Talk Show Host - ELLEN DEGENERES Photo Credit - The Ellen DeGeneres Show

The Winner of the 2014 Best Of TV Award for Best Talk Show Host is.... Ellen Degeneres Ellen wins her 3rd straight honour. With 1849 votes, which breaks her previous record 1590 from last year. The 1155 vote margin however just narrowly falls short of last years 1179 vote margin. Early on (and I mean still on day 1) Jon Stewart had a sizable lead & looked like he might challenge Ellen this year. Eventually though, her fans started to come thru & took over the lead by late ind ay 1 & never looked back. For the 2nd year in a row Jimmy Fallon finished 2nd well back. His 694 votes is a new record for a runner up. Jon Stewart moves up 1 spot to 3rd this year from his 4th from last year while Stephen Colbert moves down to 4th from his 3rd place spot last year in his final year of hosting The Colbert Report. Conan O'Brien remains in 5th again this year. Jimmy Kimmel stays 6th. David Letterman finishes 7th returning to the finals after missing them last year. Newcomer to the finals John Oliver finished 8th in his 1st year. 1st ELLEN DEGENERES "Ellen Degeneres Show"1849 2nd JIMMY FALLON "The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon" 694 3rd JON STEWART "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart"341 4th Stephen Colbert "The Colbert Report" 219 5th Conan O'Brien "Conan" 209 6th Jimmy Kimmel "Jimmy Kimmel Live" 186 7th David Letterman "Late Show With David Letterman" 133 8th John Oliver "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" 128

Best Talk Show HostELLEN DEGENERES403 JIMMY FALLON226 STEPHEN COLBERT109 JON STEWART105 JIMMY KIMMEL99 CONAN O'BRIEN70 JOHN OLIVER63 DAVID LETTERMAN53 SETH MEYER 33, SHARON OSBOURNE 27, BILL MAHER 18 For the 1st time since this caregory was introudced, The Impala from Supernatural did not win a round. The TARDIS from Doctor Who won this round in its 1st ever year of being nominated, despite being on the air throughout the existence of the BOTVA's. Only 2 of last years finalists, The Impala and last years runner up Rumplestiltskin's Dagger made the finals this year. In fact, Bear from Person of Interest is the ONLY other semi-finalist from last year to even make it this year. On the talk show host side. Nothing much changes. Ellen Degeneres again looks poised for a 3rd consecutive title as she handily won the semi-finals, as she has in the previous years. All of last years finalists made this years finals as well. Also making it are newcomer John Oliver, and retiring legend David Letterman, who did not even make the semi-finals last year. The Finals for these categories will take place in January 2015 HERE

The Best Of TV Awards 2013 winner in the category of Best Talk Show Host is Ellen Degeneres. The defending champion once again obliterated the competition as the host of The Ellen Show, Ellen Degeneres was the only daytime talk show host in the finals for the 2nd consecutive year. With a total of 1590 votes Ellen had more than the other 5 finalsts combined. Runner up Jimmy Fallon, after not even making the finals last year managed to snag 2nd with 411 votes. In 3rd was Stephen Colbert from "The Colbert Report" with 359 votes. Rounding out the finalists Jon Stewart, last years runner up was 4th. Conan O'Brien was 5th. Jimmy Kimmel was 6th This award was never in question, as Degeneres had the lead from the 1st few minutes of the vote & never looked back. Ellen Degeneres 1590 votes crushed last years record of 452. Degeneres win differential of 1179 was the largest of this year. RESULTS1st ELLEN DEGENERES 1590 2nd Jimmy Fallon 411 3rd Stephen Colbert 359 4th Jon Stewart 290 5th Conan O'Brien 233 6th Jimmy Kimmel223

This years Best Non-Human Character Or Prop category looks like it will be business as usual for the current defending 2X champion. The "Supernatural" Impala with 2 consecutive titles crushed its semi-final competition with 682 votes, more than double its closes challenger, the "Supernatural" Men Of Letters Bunker at 292 votes. Rounding out the top 3 is Rumplestiltskins Dagger from "Once Upon A Time" only 20 votes back at 272. Another OUAT object was 4th, as Captain Hooks ship, The Jolly Roger snagged 4th, ahead of compact business car The Blueberry from "Psych".Missing the finals this year by 25 votes was the "Community" monkey Annies Boobs, a finalist the 2 years prior. The Machine (a finalist last year) & Bear from "Person Of Interest" were right behind. Well back in last was The Pale Horse from "Hell On Wheels"The Best Talk Show Host category is in its 2nd year, but it doesnt look like much has changed from the 1st one last year.Ellen Degeneres again is crushing the challengers in both rounds, with 580 votes this round. Way back in 2nd with 210 votes is Jimmy Fallon (didnt even make the finals last year). In 3rd is Stephen Colbert at 152 votes. Conan O'Brien, Jon Stewart & Jimmy Kimmel round out the finalists this year.Missing the finals - Chelsea Handler & James Lipton, neither of whom were really very close to the lead pack. The finals will start January 5 , 2014

Here are the results for the 3rd set of categories to be voted on for the semi-finalists of the Canadagraphs BEST OF TV AWARDS 2012.

This set of categories dealt with Best Director, Episode and Talk Show.The Director category had an astonishing THREE write in nominees make it to the semi-finals. Jensen Ackles & Guy Norman Bee for Supernatural episodes "Heartache" & "Blood Brother" made it along with Psych star James Roday who directed "Heeeeere's Lassie". Joining these write-in nominees are 2 Fringe directors Jon Cassar & Joe Chappelle, Ernest R. Dickerson for an episode of The Walking Dead & another Psych director David Crabtree.Those who have advanced to the semi-finals will be in BOLD text.

SEMI FINALIST VOTING FOR BEST DIRECTORJensen Ackles "HeartAche" SUPERNATURAL 351 (write in votes)Jon Cassar "Through The Looking Glass And What Walter Found There" FRINGE 128Guy Norman Bee "Blood Brothers" SUPERNATURAL 122 (write in votes)Joe Chappelle "Letters Of Transit" FRINGE 118Ernest R. Dickerson "Beside A Dying Fire" THE WALKING DEAD 103David Crabtree "Santabarbaratown" PSYCH 99Dean White "A Land Without Magic" ONCE UPON A TIME 86Patty Jenkins "What I Know" THE KILLING 77Matthew Hastings "Just Another Day" EUREKA 69Phil Abraham "The Other Woman" MAD MEN 60James Roday "Heeeeere's Lassie" PSYCH 52 {write in votes)Dean White "Heart Of Darkness" ONCE UPON A TIME 38Steve Levitan "Baby On Board" MODERN FAMILY 29Lena Dunham "She Did" GIRLS 26Jason Winer "Virgin Territory" MODERN FAMILY 24In the Best Episode category.. no write in nominees made it, because the fans of 1 particular show decided to try & vote in an episode of their favorite show from 2011.The best episodes category saw 8 nominees get 100 or more votes, while none of them got over 150, making this 1 of the closest contested votes so far. SEMI FINALIST VOTING FOR BEST EPISODEHeeeeere's Lassie "Psych" 147The Girl With The Dungeons And Dragons Tattoo "Supernatural" 138Legacies "Arrow" 130Lone Gunmen "Arrow" 122Are You..? "Dexter" 115Undead Again "Castle" 107Survival Of The Fittest "Supernatural" 105Brave New World 1&2 "Fringe" 100What I Know "The Killing" 74Santabarbaratown "Psych" 72Desperate Times "Burn Notice" 71Argentina "Dexter" 71Linchpin "Castle" 66The End Of All Things "Fringe" 65Better Angels "The Walking Dead" 63Before The Dying Fire "The Walking Dead" 63Firewall "Person Of Interest" 60Just Another Day "Eureka" 55Many Happy Returns "Person Of Interest" 52Reckoning "Revenge" 51The Countdown Reflection "The Big Bang Theory" 49Everybody Dies "House" 45Tallahasse "Once Upon A Time" 45A Land Without Magic "Once Upon A Time" 42Blood Brother "Supernatural" 33 (write in Votes)Splitsville "How I Met Your Mother" 32Valar Morghulis "Game Of Thrones" 28Heartache "Supernatural" 28 (write in votes)Heart Of Darkness "Once Upon A Time" 24We Just Decided To "The Newsroom" 19Laying Pipe "Sons Of Anarchy" 9Into The Dark "Lost Girl" 5 (write in votes)Wrath "Nikita" 5 (Nikita"Letters Of Transit "Fringe" 2 (write In Votes)

The Best Talk Show host, another new category this year had a fairly cut & dry voting for the finalists in this category. With so few challengers, there will not be a "semi-final round" vote on these, as they will go directly to the finals in the new year.FINALIST VOTING FOR BEST TALK SHOW HOSTEllen Degeneres 344Jon Stewart 238Stephen Colbert 204Conan O'Brien 120David Letterman 102Jimmy fallon 43George Stroumboulopoulos 43Jimmy Kimmel 33Craig Ferguson 7 (write in votes)Jay Leno 4 (write in votes)